The Infamous Chess & Anal Beads Controversy
Boomer & Gio
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🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Do you remember the anal beads chess controversy? |
| 0:03.0 | Kind of, yes, it does ring a bell. |
| 0:05.8 | So this apparently was a huge deal back in 2022, and Netflix did one of those untolds about it. |
| 0:11.8 | Yes. |
| 0:12.0 | And they made it seem like everybody in the world knew about this, and I don't remember it. |
| 0:17.7 | And I feel like I would have remembered the anal beads chess controversy. |
| 0:21.5 | I do remember something about, yes, the beads. |
| 0:25.1 | So it is, it's a fascinating story. |
| 0:27.6 | It really is. |
| 0:28.0 | People probably think of chess, anal beads. |
| 0:29.9 | How could this be interesting? |
| 0:31.1 | But it is. |
| 0:32.2 | So the number one chess player in the world, this Magnus Carlson, nobody beats him. |
| 0:40.0 | He just, he just destroys everybody. |
| 0:43.4 | So this young kid named Hans Neiman, he starts like rising up the ranks, rising up the ranks, rising up the ranks. |
| 0:51.8 | And he gets down in Miami, this big chess competition. He gets Magnus Carlson. And he just, like, makes quick work of Magnus Carlson, like, 15 minutes. And Magnus Carlson's like, uh, what? He had to, like, resign the game. So then this Hans Damon, he's like, he's a crazy person. His hairs everywhere. He's like 19 years old. And they're like, wow, you took down Magnus Carlson. He's like, the chest speaks for itself, walks away. |
| 1:14.6 | Wow. He's a crazy person. His hair is everywhere. He's like 19 years old. They're like, wow, you took down Magnus Carlson. |
| 1:12.2 | He's like, the chest speaks for itself, walks away. |
| 1:14.6 | Wow. |
| 1:15.0 | He becomes like a star, right? |
| 1:15.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:16.3 | So then they do this thing. It's like the, it's not the Solheim cup because I know that's a women's golf. Yeah. But it's like a sinquist cup or something, |
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